Table 2. Preliminary benchmark revisions to total nonfarm employment in metropolitan areas with a Census 2020 population of 1 million or more, not seasonally adjusted

Table 2. Preliminary benchmark revisions to total nonfarm employment in metropolitan areas with a Census 2020 population of 1 million or more, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area	March 2026 Preliminary Benchmark Revision
Metropolitan area	Level (in thousands)	Percent(1)
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	-25.3	-0.8
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	3.9	0.3
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	7.1	0.5
Birmingham, AL	-0.1	0.0
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	-5.8	-0.2

Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	-3.2	-0.6
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	8.7	0.6
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	8.9	0.2
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	0.0	0.0
Cleveland, OH	-11.0	-1.0

Columbus, OH	8.2	0.7
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	5.5	0.1
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	-1.1	-0.1
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	-1.0	0.0
Fresno, CA	3.4	0.8

Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	26.8	4.3
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	-1.7	-0.3
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	-8.2	-0.2
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	8.8	0.8
Jacksonville, FL	5.1	0.6

Kansas City, MO-KS	4.4	0.4
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	-6.4	-0.6
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	51.3	0.8
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	6.3	0.9
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	-5.9	-0.9

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	7.3	0.2
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	8.9	1.0
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	-3.2	-0.2
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	-2.6	-0.2
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	-0.9	-0.2

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	74.0	0.7
Oklahoma City, OK	3.4	0.5
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	1.1	0.1
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	9.5	0.3
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	3.4	0.1

Pittsburgh, PA	4.9	0.4
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	11.2	0.9
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	-6.0	-0.8
Raleigh-Cary, NC	-1.7	-0.2
Richmond, VA	8.5	1.2

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	9.4	0.5
Rochester, NY	3.9	0.8
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	9.5	0.9
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	-1.4	-0.2
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	-8.5	-0.7

San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	-4.0	-0.3
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	15.2	0.6
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	2.7	0.2
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	-6.0	-0.3
St. Louis, MO-IL(2)	8.1	0.6

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	-2.8	-0.2
Tucson, AZ	-7.5	-1.9
Tulsa, OK	5.5	1.1
Urban Honolulu, HI	-2.0	-0.4
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	2.7	0.3
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	24.4	0.7
Footnotes (1) Percentage revisions are rounded to the nearest 0.1 percent. Values of 0.0 represent percentage revisions less than +/- 0.05 percent. (2) Area boundary does not reflect the official OMB delineation.
NOTE: This is a preliminary benchmark revision announcement. Final benchmark revisions will be available in March 2027 with the publication of the the January 2027 State Employment and Unemployment Summary news release. NOTE: Area delineations are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 23-01, dated July 21, 2023, and are available on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state containing the first principal city, unless otherwise footnoted.

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